Clip for supporting electric cables.



No. 893,438. v PATENTBD JULY 14, 1908.-

' J. CAESAR.

. CLIP FOR SUPPORTING ELECTRIC GABLES.

APPLICATION. rmm 'nov. 14,1 05.

lNvENToR. JOHN CAESAR.

ATTYS.

UNITED STATES JOHN CAESAR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLIP FOR SUPPORTING ELECTRIC CABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed November 14, 1905. Serial No. 287,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAESAR, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of St. Louis,Miss ouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clips for Supporting Electric Cables, of which thefollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and eX- actdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to an improved clip for supporting electric cables,and the object of my invention is to provide a simple, inexpensivespring clamp which is adapted to be bolted to a post or other support,and which will receive the strand that carries the cable that is made upof a series of telephone, telegraph, or electric light wires.

My improved clip is particularly adapted for use in supporting the leadcables that inclose a large number of telephone wires, such as are madeuse of in the telephone service of the present day.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts, that will be hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clip; Fig. 2 is anelevation of the upper end of a post with a pair of my improved clipssecured thereto, and supporting a pair of cables; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the post seen in Fig. 2, and showing one of the clips inposition thereon.

In the construction of my improved clip, I make use of a sheet or plate1 of steel, or similar spring metal, and this plate or bar is bent intothe form of an elongated letter U, and the lower end of the plate sobent is rounded, as indicated by 2, in order to form a semi-circularseat or bearing for the strand that is engaged in the clip.

The upper ends or portions 3 of the clip occupy parallel verticalplanes, and formed through the centers of these portions are thecoinciding apertures 4. The portions 5 be low these vertical portions 3and above the semi-circular bearing or seat 2 are bent outwardly at aconsiderable angle relative the vertic al portions 3'. This outward bendis for the purpose of bringing the bearing or seat 2 into a positionaway from the face of the post or base to which the clip is secured, andthis allows the cable that is supported by the clip to hang free fromthe post or base.

I In attaching a clip of my improved construction, a bolt is passedthrough the co inciding' apertures 4, and as the nut on said bolt istightened, the upper portions 3 of the clip are drawn together, and thenatural resiliency of the metal of which the clip is constructed acts tohold 'said clip very firmly in position upon the post or base to whichit is bolted.

Where it isdesired to arrange a pair of the clips on opposite sides of apost, a bolt, such as 6 having both ends threaded is horizontallyarranged through the post with its ends proj ecting therefrom, and theclips are now located upon the projecting ends ofsaid bolts, after whichnuts 7 are located on the thread ed ends of said bolts, and when saidnuts are tightened the clips are very rigidly held in position.

The strands 8 occupy the semi-circular bearings or seats 2 at the lowerends of the clips and extend from one post to another, and support thecable 9 by means of suitable hangers 10.

'VVhere a clip of my improved construction is made use of, thesupporting strand is very rigidly held in position and it cannot bedetached from the clip until said clipis removed from the bolt thatsecures it to the post or other base.

The clips are made in one piece of heavy spring metal, and are thereforestrong and substantial, and may be easily and cheaply manufactured.

I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, the

pending cables, comprising a single piece of resilient metal bent doubleinto elongated U-shape, and the lower portion of the clip so shapedbeing bent laterally at an angle relathe clip, and the space between thetwo parts of the lower portion of the clip gradually tapering toward thelower end, and there being a pair of alined circular apertures formedthrough the upper portions of the clip.

I In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN CAESAR.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, JOHN C. HIGDON.

herein described clip for clamping and sus- I tive the verticallydisposed upper portions of

